"Holy Jesus! What is that? What the fark is that? WHAT IS THAT, GRANDMA MC CANN?!??!?""Sir, maggots in my ear, sir!""Maggots in your ear?""Sir, yes, sir!""How did they get there?""Sir, I took them from the the nursing home, sir!""Are maggots allowed your room, Grandama McCann?""Sir, no, sir!""Are you allowed to have maggots Grandma McCann?""Sir, no, sir!""And why not, Grandma McCann?""Sir, because I'm too old and infirm, sir!""Because you are a disgusting worthless geriatric, Grandma McCann!""Sir, yes, sir!""Then why did you hide maggots in your ear, Grandma McCann?""Sir, because I was hungry, sir!""Because you were hungry? " [walks down the line of wheelchairs in the Nursing Home, with a fist full of maggots in his hand.]"Grandma McCann has dishonored herself and dishonored this HOME! I have tried to help her, but I have failed! I have failed because you have not helped me! You people have not given Grandma McCann the proper motivation! So! From now on, whenever Grandma McCann farks up, I will not punish her. I will punish all of you! And the way I see it, ladies, you owe me for one fist full of EAR MAGGOTS! Now, get on your faces!"[senior citizens slump out of their wheelchairs and get in front-leaning-rest position)(to Grandma McCann]"Open your mouth! " [shoves maggots in to Grandma McCann's mouth)" They're paying for it, you eat it!"

Another good reason to allow assisted suicide when you still have enough brains left to process it. That woman has no reason to be left alive other than make some company rich and drain the family savings.

Another good reason to allow assisted suicide when you still have enough brains left to process it. That woman has no reason to be left alive other than make some company rich and drain the family savings.

The One True TheDavid:nucular bum: Maggots... nature's cure for gangrene. That nursing home should be commended for preventing some old gummer's ear from rotting off.

Maggot therapy (link). Sure the crawling wouldn't feel nice but wouldn't the maggots just eat the wax and infectious gunk?

Thanks for posting that. My mom and aunt were both RNs starting in the '30s and told us about using maggot therapy to remove necrotic tissue. I see from the Wikipedia article that it's back....a little like using leeches.

The maggots were eating dead tissue and bacteria, so as gross as it sounds they were doing her more good than harm. Likely more effective that the topical antibiotics she was given (which are far less effective than ones taken orally). One would think that the enlarged ear canal being a per-existing condition making her prone to infections and the need to periodically clean out wax, the doctor would have put her on a 10 day course of oral antibiotics 72 hours before the wax removal.